Vacancy: Communications Assistant

Vacancy: Communications Assistant

The European Council on Refugees and Exiles (ECRE) is looking to recruit a Communications Assistant to assist its Communications Team for six months starting in January 2026 with the possibility of a four-month extension. Please see below links to the job description...
EU EASTERN BORDERS: Progress in construction of Finland’s costly border fence ― Hungary sues EU court over judgement on asylum rules ― UNHCR urges Lithuania to stop pushbacks ― Over 180 people tunnel into Poland from Belarus

EU EASTERN BORDERS: Progress in construction of Finland’s costly border fence ― Hungary sues EU court over judgement on asylum rules ― UNHCR urges Lithuania to stop pushbacks ― Over 180 people tunnel into Poland from Belarus

The construction of fencing along Finland’s eastern border is almost complete in Lapland. The Hungarian government has filed a lawsuit against the Court of Justice of the EU over its ruling on the country’s asylum rules. The United Nations Refugee Agency has urged...
BALKAN ROUTE: EU-Western Balkan Summit held in Brussels ― UK invests £10m to fight people smuggling in Western Balkans ― State authorities in Bosnia and Herzegovina preparing to take over management of migration reception centres from IOM ― Frontex report blames Bulgarian authorities for minors’ deaths in 2024 ― Three dead after tragedy on Croatia-BiH river border ― New analysis predicts implications of EU Pact on Migration and Asylum for Serbia

BALKAN ROUTE: EU-Western Balkan Summit held in Brussels ― UK invests £10m to fight people smuggling in Western Balkans ― State authorities in Bosnia and Herzegovina preparing to take over management of migration reception centres from IOM ― Frontex report blames Bulgarian authorities for minors’ deaths in 2024 ― Three dead after tragedy on Croatia-BiH river border ― New analysis predicts implications of EU Pact on Migration and Asylum for Serbia

EU and Western Balkan leaders held a high-level summit on 17 December in Brussels. The UK Foreign Secretary Yvette Cooper has hosted a meeting with her counterparts from the Western Balkans. State authorities in Bosnia and Herzegovina (BiH) are preparing to take over...
Interview with Samanta Brahaj and Victoria Salaza Cruz from VOICIFY

Interview with Samanta Brahaj and Victoria Salaza Cruz from VOICIFY

How would you describe yourselves and your organisation? We are young people with lived migration experience. Too often, we are (only) labelled as Young Refugees, Exiled, Migrants, Asylum Seekers, or Undocumented (YREMASUD). But before anything else, we are human...
ECRE Comments Paper: Qualification Regulation

ECRE Comments Paper: Qualification Regulation

ECRE has published a comments paper on the Regulation on standards for the qualification of third country nationals or stateless persons as beneficiaries of international protection, for a uniform status for refugees or for persons eligible for subsidiary protection...
EU EXTERNAL PARTNERS: Media investigation reveals rising deportations of Sudanese refugees; highlights criticism of muted UNHCR response ― Libya increasing repatriations of people on the move ― EU delegation holds talks with de facto leader of eastern Libya ― Germany transfers suspected war criminal to ICC ― Opposition figures given lengthy prison sentences in Tunisia

EU EXTERNAL PARTNERS: Media investigation reveals rising deportations of Sudanese refugees; highlights criticism of muted UNHCR response ― Libya increasing repatriations of people on the move ― EU delegation holds talks with de facto leader of eastern Libya ― Germany transfers suspected war criminal to ICC ― Opposition figures given lengthy prison sentences in Tunisia

A recent media investigation has revealed a sharp rise in the deportation of Sudanese refugees from Egypt and highlighted criticism of the United Nations Refugee Agency’s perceived lack of action on it. The Libyan government has announced plans to step up the...
Interview with Prince Dengha from Mosaico – Action for Refugees

Interview with Prince Dengha from Mosaico – Action for Refugees

How would you describe yourself and your organisation? I see myself as a candle that goes around looking for other candles that are extinguished or about to go out, to give them back the flame that will illuminate not only their path but also that of others. My...
Joint Shadow Report for the GREVIO Baseline Evaluation of the EU

Joint Shadow Report for the GREVIO Baseline Evaluation of the EU

ECRE and three of its member organisations have submitted a joint shadow report as a contribution to the Group of Experts on Action against Violence against Women and Domestic Violence (GREVIO) baseline evaluation procedure in respect of the EU. This evaluation...